Huion RDS-160 User manual

RDS-160

Contents

Product Overview ...................................................... 2

Display Introduction ................................................... 2

Product and Accessories ................................................ 2

Product Connection .................................................... 4

Driver and Setting ..................................................... 6

Install Driver ........................................................ 6

Driver Interface Preview ................................................. 8

Pen Display Setting ................................................... 10

Digital Pen Setting .................................................... 19

Driver Setting ....................................................... 22

Digital Pen Basic Operation .............................................. 27

Specifications ........................................................ 28

Troubleshooting Solutions .............................................. 30

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Product Overview

Display Introduction

Thanks for choosing HUION KAMVAS RDS-160 creative pen display. This is a new generation of

professional drawing display, which can greatly improve your work efficiency of painting and

creation, and full of fun. You can freely painting and writing, depicting different lines and

colors, just as the pen writes on the paper, which brings you a real shock experience.

To give you a better understanding and using of your tablet, please read this user manual

carefully. The user manual only shows the information under Windows, unless otherwise

specified, this information applies to both Windows and Mac systems.

Note: The pictures in the User Manual are for reference only.

Product and Accessories

Product Overview

Please see the detailed product introduction.

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*Function Button: Press K5 & K6 around three seconds to open the OSD menu, meanwhile the

indicator will flash green. The function of K1, K2, K3, K4 will become OSD function.

K1 [AUTO]: Before entering menu, its function is "auto adjustment".After entering menu, its

function is "back to previous menu".

K2 [MENU]: Press to call up the menu, after entering menu, its function is "confirm".

K3 [ - ]: After entering menu, its function is "down/left/decrease".

K4 [ + ]: After entering menu, its function is "up/right/increase".

*Press K5 & K6 again for around three seconds until the OSD menu disappears, the function

of K1, K2, K3, K4 will become shortcuts function again.

Accessories

After unboxing your package, make sure that you have the following items:

Pen Display*1

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Digital Pen*1

3-in-1 Cable*1

USB Extension Cable*1

USB-C to USB-C cable*1

USB Power cable*1

Power Adapter*1

Foldable Stand*1

Pen Holder*1

Pen Nib*10

Pen Nib Clip*1

Glove*1

Cleaning Cloth*1

Quick Start Guide*1

Product Connection

RDS-160 supports both computers and Android devices. The following are ways of connection

for reference.

3-in-1 Type-C Cable

Connect the pen display to your computer with 3-in-1 Cable.

① Connect the display to your computer with 3-in-1 cable;

② Connect the power adapter to the power cable.

*

The extended cable helps to connect the display to the power supply if the power cable is too

short. Any USB power adapter is usable as long as the out voltage is 5V, 2A.

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Connect via a Full-featured USB-C to USB-C Cable

Connect the display to your computer or Android device with USB-C to USB-C cable.

① Connect the display to your computer or Android device with USB-C to USB-C cable.

② Connect the power adapter to the power cable.

*

Users can buy a full-featured USB-C to USB-C cable or a power cable separately, but make sure

the former supports at least USB3.1 GEN1 data transfer protocol & DP1.2 and the power

supply is at least 5V, 2A.

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Driver and Setting

Install Driver

1. Please choose the correct driver for your device from our website: Driver-RDS-160.

2. Click Driver-RDS-160 to download it.

3. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.

Note:

① Before installing the driver, please close all graphic software and antivirus programs. The

note (“HuionTabletCore.exe” failed to launch!) below appears only on devices with Windows

OS, indicating that the driver is blocked by antivirus programs or drawing apps.

② If you have installed a Driver 15 of Huion’s product, it’s unnecessary for you to install it

again. Because RDS-160 is compatible with any Driver 15.

③ Please make sure your computer operating system is Windows 7 or later/mac OS 10.12 or

later.

④ Open the driver and a picture of RDS-160 will appear, indicating that the pen display is

successfully connected to your computer. Now you can use your pen display.

⑤ If the connection fails, please restart the driver or your computer.

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Note: The pen display cannot work once the driver is uninstalled or deleted. In this case

please click Driver-RDS-160 to reinstall a driver and your pen display and digital pen will

restore to their default settings.

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Driver Interface Preview

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1. Pen Display

On the “Pen Display” interface, Users can set functions of the display, including Press Key and

Working Area Set.

See Section

2. Digital Pen

Users can set functions of the pen on this “Digital Pen” interface, including Press Key, Mode

selection, Pressure Sensitivity Adjustment, and Pressure Test.

See Section

3. Store

Huion Store is where you can get the latest information about the product such as its FAQ or

sales promotion. In addition, you can also purchase Huion’s other products or accessories

here.

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4. Add Programs

1. Some programs which have already been opened will appear for you to choose from after

clicking Add a Program on the screen. For more programs, click Browser and choose the item

that you want to get it added.

2. You can set different functions for different programs. Functions of the press keys change

automatically as you switch from one program to another.

3. When you select “All programs”, the functions of press keys that you set are valid for every

program. By clicking Add a Program from the drop-down list, you can set the functions for a

specific program and hence have unique settings for different programs. After that, when you

launch a specific program, the Driver will automatically recognize it and the setting features

will change to its corresponding ones.

5. Setting

Users can set the functions of a driver on this interface, including check out Device

information, Backup setting, General setting, and its version.

See Section

6. Common Problems

Click “?” and jump to Forum in our website https://support.huion.com/en/support/home to

get a user manual or feed back the problems to us.

7. Switch between Devices

The Driver is able to support two devices at most. Functions of them can be customized by

users respectively. When switch to one of them, functions change to its corresponding ones.

Pen Display Setting

Press Key

You can customize the functions of these press keys according to your own habits, and

you can uncheck "Enable press keys" in the lower left corner to turn off these functions.

Place the cursor over one of the buttons on the screen of your computer to check its

default value. Click a button and then a pop-up dialog box appears. Choose what you

want and set its function.

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Refer to this table of settings below to help you decide if you want to change the existing

settings.

Note: The performance of functions in the table below is up to the device that users

have connected.

Keyboard Key Click on the input box above and enter a valid key combination to create a shortcut.

Mouse Key Select the functions of a Mouse or Wheel. Please see the picture below for detailed information of these functions. Mouse: Left

Button, Right Button, Middle Button, and Double-left Click. Wheel: Wheel Forward and Wheel Backward. Other functions: Ctrl,

Alt, Shift, and Win .

Switch Select among Switch Screen, Switch Brush.

Run Program Click Browse and select the program that you want to run quickly. After that, press the key to launch the item.

System Application You can apply these functions to press keys: Lock the Screen, Sleep, Power Off,

Multimedia You can apply these functions to press keys: Previous Song, Next Song, Play/Pause,Volume up, Volume down, and Muted.

Precision Mode You can toggle between normal precision and a precision that you choose, from Fine to Ultra Fine. In the Precision Mode

window that appears, move the slider to set the precision that you toggle into. For example, if you assign Precision Mode to a

pen button, when you press the pen button, you switch to working in the precision that you selected from the slider. When you

press the pen button again, you switch back to working in the normal precision. Press “Esc” to exit Precision Mode.

Pan/Scroll This function allows you to pan and scroll in a document or item by moving the pen tip up and down or right and left.When you

select Pan/Scroll, the Scroll Speed window appears. Move the slider to your preferred scrolling speed.

Quick Menu Pick it up and you can use the key to pull up the Quick Menu. Detailed information for reference is down below this table.

Fixed Pressure

Sensitivity

You can lock the pressure at the current level until you release the component. For example, if you assign this setting to a pen

button, you can paint with pressure sensitivity enabled in your application until you reach the brush size you like. Then, press

and hold the pen button to lock in that brush size as long as you are pressing and holding the button.

None When select None, the keys will have no function.

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Note: The pictures are for reference only.

of the six buttons on the left, users can enter a name for it and set unique function for

it. After that, users can call up the Quick Menu by pressing the key (see picture 2). The

menu disappears after a click on any of the six buttons. By clicking “Fix” once the menu

will be fixed on the desktop while after a second try the “Fix” button changes to “Close”

and the menu disappears (see picture 3). Put the cursor on the menu to drag it.

Picture 1

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Picture 2

Picture 3

Working Area

Select the Working Area tab to define the relationship between pen movement on the device

and cursor movement on the monitor screen.

By default the entire active area of device maps to the entire monitor. If more than one

monitor is in use and you are in extended mode, you need to choose the related monitor on

the driver interface which you are going to map to.

If your monitors are in mirror mode (All monitors display the same content), the device maps

to the entire space on each monitor and the screen cursor is displayed on each monitor

simultaneously.

1. Working Area Setting

Define the device area that will be mapped to the screen area.

[1] Full Area: the entire active area of the device. This is the default setting.

[2] Screen Ratio: As a general rule.

[3] Customized Area:

1> Enter coordinate values.

2> Drag the corners of the foreground graphic to select the screen area.

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Picture 1

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Picture 2

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Picture 3

2. Rotate Working Area

By changing the direction of the device to adapt to the left and right hand operation. You can

rotate the tablet by 0°, 90°, 180° or 270°.

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3. Monitor Calibration

Click "Cursor Calibration" to enter the calibration page and operate according to the prompts.

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Please use the digital pen to click on the center red dot of the cross in a common pen-holding

posture. You can cancel Calibration and restore default.

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Digital Pen Setting

1. Press Key

The function setting is the same as the Press Key setting of the tablet. Please refer to it.

See Section

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2. Pen Nib Activity

The pen nib of the digital pen can be set as Valid/Invalid according to users’ needs. Click the

drop-down button to set its activity. In Valid mode, the pen works well, and in Invalid mode,

the pen has a cursor movement, but cannot complete specified actions.

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